I suppose it depends what kind of glue you put them on with. I've taken cork grips off several times with 100% success. The glue Riv recommends has changed a couple times in the handful of years since I bought my first pair of Portuguese cork grips. I ran out of the stuff I initially bought last time I installed grips and am needing to get some more to put the grips back on the wife's Betty Foy after some lever/shifter upgrades. I was thinking to use one of the goops already on hand but love how the old stuff holds until you break it free. Basically what I do is hold the grip with both hands and gently twist. Gently is the wrong word... I squeeze it with a 2-handed death grip and with all my might I rotate it as smoothly as I can. It resists at first but I keep pressure until it slips. Then it just comes off. The old glue is easy to chip off the bars with a plastic scraper. What is this magical glue? you might ask... I can't remember the name off the top of my head. I'm optimistic I'll recognize it when I'm standing in front of the adhesives at the hardware store. I'll report back when/if I figure it out. Good luck. --Smitty
On Friday, March 29, 2013 11:48:23 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I'll be giving the bull moose Bosco bars a try, shifting from Albatross > bars. Any tips for removing the cork grips in one piece so I can reuse > them? They were installed by Riv when I bought the bike a year ago and are > glued on. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* > *www.OurHolyConception.org* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
